Ubassists of the world! In this series of interviews I will try to find out how and why Ubass has become a new tool for different musicians around the world to express their Music! For an even nicer reading experience please download this PDF! Interview 3 Rick Saenz (Kentucky, USA) It’s time for my third interviewFortsätt läsa ”NEW INTERVIEW! Ubassists of the world – Interview 3 – Rick Saenz (USA)”
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Esperanza! Solid body Ubass in a soul setting
Hi, This is just a very short snippet from a rehearsal for a Summer concert I did with keyboardist Peter Burell and singer Josefin Larsson a couple of weeks ago. We covered a lot of different music on that concert including a great song by Kala UBass Artist, Esperanza Spalding. The song is called Precious,Fortsätt läsa ”Esperanza! Solid body Ubass in a soul setting”
New string test coming soon!
Jammin’ video no. 44 | Swedish folk music on solo Ubass!
Hi! Time for another Jammin’ with my Kala Ubass video, no. 44 to be exact 🙂 This time I recorded in a beautiful chapel in Jamtland, Sweden. My great grandfather, Olof Molander, got the inspiration for this chapel while visiting Norway. An architect then drew this beautiful building. I have always loved this chapel.Fortsätt läsa ”Jammin’ video no. 44 | Swedish folk music on solo Ubass!”
Picture wall about to go live! Please send me more pics so it will get big and bold :-)
Hi! I have just added a new page to playubass.com! It’s the ”Picture poster wall – ubassists of the world”! Please send me a pic with you and your ubass preferably in a place you really love, why not in the outdoors! I could also be a gig pic of course. Let’s get together andFortsätt läsa ”Picture wall about to go live! Please send me more pics so it will get big and bold :-)”
Review of the Pyramid Black Nylon Tape on a fretless acoustic/electric Ubass
Hi! I came home from this years Musikmesse (music trade show) in Frankfurt. Germany with strings from the German string manufacturer Pyramid. I had previously heard about their Silver-plated copper-wound strings (on a nylon silk core) but the Black Tape Nylon strings was news to me. I decided to take the black tape nylons forFortsätt läsa ”Review of the Pyramid Black Nylon Tape on a fretless acoustic/electric Ubass”
NEW INTERVIEW! Ubassists of the world – Peter Laustsen (Norway)
In this series of interviews I will try to find out how and why Ubass has become a new tool for different musicians around the world to express their Music! For a even nicer reading experience please consider my PDF version of this interview! Interview 2 Peter Laustsen (Norway) For my second interview I lookFortsätt läsa ”NEW INTERVIEW! Ubassists of the world – Peter Laustsen (Norway)”
A new Ubass has arrived!
Hi! I just got a new Ubass! It’s the Bakithi Kumalo signature model of the Kala California solid body series. This is a fretless only model. If you’re interested in a fretted California US made solid body Ubass there are several options too. Please check out the California page at kalabrand.com for more info. TheFortsätt läsa ”A new Ubass has arrived!”
Visiting a very well-stocked bass store in London – Lots of Ubasses = happy Ubassist :-)
Hi! This time I’m blogging about my visit to London about two weeks ago. I attended a big conference about education and technology – BETT 2014. I managed to take a walk to one of my favorite streets in London, Denmark Street, for a quick visit to the music stores! [The street is sometimes calledFortsätt läsa ”Visiting a very well-stocked bass store in London – Lots of Ubasses = happy Ubassist :-)”
New Preamp in the brand new 2014 US made electro-acoustic Ubass!
This year will see an updated preamp system – making a debut in the new US made electro-acoustic Ubass! Kala has teamed up with LR Baggs that have designed and built a new Ubass system (piezo and preamp) from the ground up especially for the UBass. Hot news – info from Kala: Kala UBASS KalaFortsätt läsa ”New Preamp in the brand new 2014 US made electro-acoustic Ubass!”
Play UBass! 